Statement as to the comparative merits of the two bills coming before Parliament, for regulating the bankrupt law of Scotland: /
Amory, Samuel,1784-1857.
London: : W. & S. Graves, printers, 66, Cheapside.,
1814..
The author, solicitor Samuel Amory, was secretary of a committee, founded  in December 1813, of London merchants and businessmen who traded with Scotland. The aim of the committee was to oppose one of the two bills concerning reform of banruptcy laws in Scotland whilst supporting another rival bill. The London committee was strongly against the Bankrupt Bill brought to Parliament in 1813 by the Lord Advocate of Scotland; it supported instead a rival bill, drawn up Alexander Campbell of Glasgow in 1810, and supported by the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh. The committee wanted to prevent the Lord Advocate's bill becoming law and to present instead Campbell's bill to Parliament. Amory summarises the current inadequacies of Scots law on bankruptcy, which was open to abuses by the assignee appointed to administer the bankrupt's funds and who took a commission from the funds passing through his hands. He also notes that since 1806 seven failed attempts had been made to amend the Scottish bankruptcy laws.
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